Music lovers get a new way to search on Yahoo (Web promotion)

Music lovers get a new way to search on Yahoo (Web promotion)

Music lovers get a new way to search on Yahoo (USATODAY.com)
USATODAY.com - Search engine Yahoo is set to unveil a service allowing users to search millions of audio files - including songs from iTunes, Rhapsody, Napster and other music-downloading sites. The service, which is still in its testing or"beta"period, is called Yahoo Audio.

Report: Search Engine Choice Affects Results (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - The search engines that data hunters use to find information makes a difference in results more now than several months ago, according to a new study that shows more complete search results occur only when multiple searches are done on different search platforms.

Yahoo Tests New Audio Search Feature (AP)
AP - Yahoo Inc. on Thursday will begin testing a new search engine feature that will pore through millions of songs offered by popular Internet music services like iTunes, Rhapsody and Napster.

Yahoo Tests Audio Search (PC World)
PC World - Users will able to search through 50 million music and voice files.

China IPO draws interest, but some urge caution (USATODAY.com)
USATODAY.com - Anyone who thinks China's top Internet search engine is the next coming of Google might want to cool it a bit. The buzz has been building ahead of Thursday night's expected pricing of the initial public offering of Baidu.com with more bullish predictions saying it could produce Google-like returns.

Apple Opens ITunes Music Store in Japan (AP)
AP - Apple Computer Inc. launched its music download service, the iTunes Music Store, in Japan on Thursday with 1 million songs, the maker of the hit iPod portable player said.

Time Warner Reserves$3 Billion for AOL Claims (washingtonpost.com)
washingtonpost.com - Time Warner Inc. said yesterday that it would set aside$3 billion to cover a potential settlement with shareholders who lost billions of dollars because of its disastrous merger with America Online.

Product Review: Samsung SCH-i730 (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - The new Samsung SCH-i730 smartphone, measuring 5.2 x 2.8 x 0.6 inches and weighing 5.5 ounces, is slim enough to slide comfortably into a suit pocket while still being powerful enough to give users high-speed access to the Internet through Verizon's (NYSE: VZ) wireless broadband network.

Apple starts iTunes online music service in Japan (Reuters)
Reuters - Apple Computer Inc. launched its iTunesonline music store in Japan on Thursday, bringing itsmarket-leading download service to the world's second-largestmusic market by album sales.

Napster and Tower Records join forces in Japan (AFP)
AFP - Online song-seller Napster and real-world disc retailer Tower Records announced that they are teaming up to compete in the Japanese music market.